In a Houston Suburb, Book Bans Fuel a Bitter School Board Race
Two right-wing activists in the high-performing, highly diverse Katy Independent School District aim to unseat incumbents in Saturday’s election.
Katy
Travel & Outdoors
April 26, 2022
I Operated an Excavator All by Myself at Texas’s First Construction Theme Park
At Dig World, in Katy, anyone can drive a utility vehicle or go wild in a skid steer.
Books
April 1, 2022
Texas Schools Shouldn’t Ban ‘Maus,’ They Should Teach It
Katy ISD is considering a ban on the Pulitzer Prize–winning graphic novel about the Holocaust. Here’s what the book taught me.
Sports
August 27, 2021
Coach Gary Joseph Has the Katy Tigers Eyeing Back-to-back State Titles
With Joseph in charge, Katy has won more than 90 percent of its games and five state championships over the past seventeen seasons.
Libations
March 31, 2021
Breweries Used to Be Just Places to Drink a Beer. Now They’re Community Spaces.
It's not unlike the function British pubs have always had. Plus: twelve of our favorites across Texas.
Books
October 30, 2020
Texas Monthly Recommends: A Soothing Japanese Bookstore in Houston, Austin, and North Texas
Plus, a psychedelic music festival, Fat Tony's new album, and a book that casts a critical eye on the true-crime genre.
BBQ
October 1, 2020
BBQ News Roundup: A Fort Worth Restaurant’s New Online “Meat Locker” Sells Brisket to Smoke at Home
Plus: Texas A&M scientists used eye-tracking tech to help 1775 BBQ in College Station design a new menu.
Tacos
May 26, 2020
Taco of the Week: Weenies and Eggs at Los Muertos BBQ
This smoky, comforting taco recalls the chef’s youth as a migrant farmworker in South Texas.
BBQ
August 30, 2019
Los Muertos BBQ’s Brisket Puffy Taco Adds to the Tex-Mex Barbecue Trend
Former Texas state trooper Rick Muniz opted to spend his retirement days living out his dreams in a Katy food trailer.
BBQ Joint Reviews
August 27, 2019
Brett’s BBQ Shop Serves Spectacular Brisket and Beef Ribs
Taking over a legendary Katy pit, Brett Jackson has built a new barbecue destination.
Film & TV
April 1, 1996
Renée Zellweger
Renée Zellweger’s acting résumé to date is a mixed bag of (mostly) generational posturing. The 26-year-old graduate of the University of Texas at Austin had a nonspeaking role in Dazed and Confused, then took on heftier parts in films like Love and a .45 and Empire Records. But Zellweger, who